The International Space Station (ISS) is a modular space station (habitable artificial satellite) in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). An enormous rocket body is shooting around the planet out of control, and it could fall back to Earth within the next few days. The roughly 21-ton object is the core stage of China's Long March 5B.
- In the right conditions and with the right timing, anyone can see the space station from Earth with the naked eye, but it looks like a small bright dot moving quickly across the night sky.
- Depending on your location on the Earth's surface, a spacecraft's position in orbit and the time of day, you may be able to see the International Space Station (ISS) or visiting vehicles as they orbit about 240 statute miles above the planet.
Formerly the site for the High Definition Earth-Viewing System (HDEV) : Operational: April 30, 2014 – End of Life: August 22, 2019.
See more information below.
![Space Space](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,h_1248,w_2220/v1555444675/shape/mentalfloss/iss-hero.jpg?itok=umlHqLdR)
Currently, live video of Earth is streaming from an external HD camera mounted on the ISS. The camera is looking toward Earth with an occasional solar panel passing through the view.
To learn more about the HDEV experiment, visit HDEV's experiment investigation page.
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- Black = on the nighttime side of the Earth
- Gray = The ground support computer has stopped sending video to USTREAM (IBM Video) and will be reset shortly.
- Moving spots of light in the dark = lights on the surface of the Earth. This camera can see cities at night (if not cloudy)
- Non-moving spots in the image = damaged or bad pixels
![Space Space](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/3e/24/43/3e24432f794b3b08e8036e14dd1fef10--international-space-station-earth.jpg)
ISS High Definition Live Streaming Video of the Earth
After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload!
Space Station View From Earth
![Space Station From Earth Space Station From Earth](https://filmdaily.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ISS-1.jpg)
Currently, live video of Earth is streaming from an external HD camera mounted on the ISS. The camera is looking toward Earth with an occasional solar panel passing through the view.
To learn more about the HDEV experiment, visit HDEV's experiment investigation page.
- Black = on the nighttime side of the Earth
- Gray = The ground support computer has stopped sending video to USTREAM (IBM Video) and will be reset shortly.
- Moving spots of light in the dark = lights on the surface of the Earth. This camera can see cities at night (if not cloudy)
- Non-moving spots in the image = damaged or bad pixels
ISS High Definition Live Streaming Video of the Earth
After HDEV stopped sending any data on July 18, 2019, it was declared, on August 22, 2019, to have reached its end of life. Thank You to all who shared in experiencing and using the HDEV views of Earth from the ISS to make HDEV so much more than a Technology Demonstration Payload!
Space Station View From Earth
The High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) experiment mounted on the ISS External Payload Facility of the European Space Agency's Columbus module was activated April 30, 2014 and after 5 years and 79 days was viewed by more than 318 million viewers across the globe on USTREAM (now IBM Video) alone.
Click here to read the Final Report: High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV).
(Requires a PDF reader.)
International Space Station Earth Live
Highlights:
Live Feed Of Earth From Space
As the HDEV feed is not usually recorded and publically archived, we suggest the use of open-source or commercially available screen recording software for capture of video segments.
For all questions regarding the current external camera or the former HDEV experiment, please contact Carlos Fontanot or Chris Getteau.